How do viruses, such as Ebola, infect the cells of the body?

Q: Why are viruses called obligate intracellular parasites?

A: Virus (latin. Poison) is a nucleoprotein entity which is able to utilize the synthetic machinery of…

Q: Do viruses have peptidoglycan?

A: Viruses are defined as infectious agents that can survive only by invading the living cells. They…

Q: What are retroviruses?

A: Viruses are simpler in structure and composition. They are made up of nucleic acids and proteins.…

Q: How are some latent viral infections linked to cancer?

A: When the virus present in the body but are in dormant or inactive or latent form, this is known as…

Q: How are viral infections treated and prevented?

A: A viral infection is the spread of a dangerous virus throughout the body. Tissue damage and the…

Q: What are some other human diseases caused by viruses?

A: Disease are any change from normal state of the body which causes discomfort or disability in the…

Q: Why do viruses become less virulent?

A: Viruses are microscopic agents that can replicate only inside host cells. They can infect all types…

Q: How does the varicella-zoster virus replicates?

A: Varicella-zoster (VZV) causes chickenpox and herpes zoster. Chickenpox follows openness to the virus…

Q: Which virus has the largest genome?

A: Virus is defined as a sub microscopic infectious organism that can reside only inside the host cell…

Q: How do you kill a virus naturally?

A: An virus is a pathogenic, parasitic living being that isn't delegated being alive, since a cell is a…

Q: What is a norovirus?

A: Norairal mediated endocytosis is the molecular mechanism followed by integration of viral genome RNA…

Q: what does the lytic cycle let the virus do?

A: Bacteriophage(phage) is defined as a group of viruses where they play a major role infecting the…

Q: Why are viruses considered “obligate intracellular parasites”?  What does it mean to be “obligate”?

A: Introduction :- Intracellular parasites are microscopic parasites that can grow and reproduce inside…

Q: what is a retro virus and how does this relate to HIV?

A: A retrovirus is a type of RNA virus that inserts a copy of its genome into the DNA of a host cell…

Q: How does a virus reproduce?

A: Viruses are microscopic obligate parasites that lack a cell or cell membrane.

Q: How do viruses use host cell?

A: Viruses are infectious organisms that are neither considered living or nonliving due to the fact…

Q: Are there DNA viruses?

A: Viruses are intracellular, obligate parasites, which replicates only inside the living cells of an…

Q: What adaptations enable pathogenic bacteria to enter the body and cause disease?

A: Microorganisms proficient in generating disease is called pathogens which usually invade our bodies…

Q: why are non-enveloped viruses generally more resistant to disinfectants than are enveloped viruses?

A: Viruses are small microscopic organisms usually containing RNA as a genome that is coverd by a…

Q: What is Viral theory?

A: Viruses are disease-causing microorganisms that can only replicate in the living cells of organisms.…

Q: Why does viruses are “tiny tricky,infections agents”?

A: Viruses are submicroscopic infectious agents that can replicate only inside the host cell. They are…

Q: Does Soap kill virus?

A: Soap is the salt of long-chain fatty acids. They are used for various purposes like cleaning and…

Q: What type of viral RNAs from herpes viruses confound the immune system?

A: Herpes virus are the viruses that cause the infection called herpes which cause sores or blisters in…

Q: What happens to a cell after a retrovirus injects its viral RNA into a cell?

A: Retroviruses are enveloped viruses which comes under the family Retroviridae.

Q: Which viruses are retroviruses?

A: Viruses are infectious biological agents that are alive only when they are present inside the cell…

Q: Do retroviruses change your DNA?

A: Gene is the basic functional unit of heredity. A gene is a sequence of nucleotides in genome that…

Q: Do viruses have flagella?

A: Virus is an ultramicroscopic nucleoprotein entity which becomes active only inside living cell using…

Q: When you are showing symptoms of a virus, what life cycle are you in?

A: A virus is an agent that can cause infection. Inside a living cell, it can replicate itself. It is…

Q: How is viruses and protozoans cause pathogenesis and how is it different from bacteria

A: Pathogenesis is the course of an infection or disease. Pathogenesis of the virus involves the…

Q: what is Host DNA?

A: The DNA is the genetic material that is passed from one generation to the next generation. It is…

Q: What is transformation of host cells?

A: Bacterial gene transfer can be achieved by various means such as transformation, conjugation and…

Q: Can a virus cause cancer?

A: The virus is a infectious agent and is capable of replicating only inside the living cells. It can…

Q: Why do we use such terms as infectious  particles, agents, or active or inactive when referring to…

A: Viruses are microscopic organisms. They are obligate parasites as they do not have their own…

Q: What kind of virus is T4?

A: T4 viruses are the bacteriophages that infects E.coli bacteria. The T4 phage initiates infection…

Q: Which viruses produce multinucleate giant cells, and what impactdoes cell fusion have on the spread…

A: Viruses are the obligate parasites that infect all life forms. They replicate inside the living…

Q: Why are antibiotics ineffective against viral infections?

A: Antibiotics are chemical compounds that are either bacteriostatic or bactericidal, i.e. either they…

Q: What kind of viruses are influenza A

A: Virus: It is an infectious agent. The virus is made up of a nucleic acid molecule that is coated by…

Q: How do bacteria exchange genetic material? How do viruses use host cell? How does the body combat…

A: 1. How do bacteria exchange genetic material? Conjugation Is A Process through which one bacteria…

Q: What are retroviruses, and how are they different from other viruses?

A: Retroviruses are viruses having RNA as their genetic material and belong to the family Retroviridae…

Q: What makes viruses different from the other microorganisms

A: Microorganisms are the organism which cannot be visible as such through eyes but require microscope…

Q: How long does a virus infection last without antibiotics?

A: A drug that acts on bacteria is called antibiotics. They come from natural sources, semi-synthetic…

Q: What types of cells does the Human Immunodeficiency Virus infect and does that help our immune…

A: Introduction:- HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that affects the body's natural…

Q: Viruses and viroids differ in structure and the diseases they cause. How?

A: Step 1 The virus is an ultramicroscopic nucleoprotein entity. It becomes active only inside a living…

Q: Do viruses grow and develop? Is there any evidence?

A: A virus is an infectious agent that reproduces inside the cells of living hosts. The smallest part…

Q: What is it that makes diseases caused by viruses and bacteria hard to treat?

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Q: What are the different steps in the viral replication cycle?

A: Virus is an intracellular obligate infective agent that mainly consists of nucleic acid molecule…

Q: How are retroviruses transmitted?

A: Retroviruses are RNA genome based virus. They incorporate their RNA into the host genome using…